Made a mistake. Reposted. It is now 1495KB total. Perhaps it should be rewritten so that one lists files to be ignored instead of files to be included. It would also be nice to add a better docstring for the file. I live this as an exercise. ;-)
Massimo On Aug 4, 3:55 am, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > In trunk, I added > > scripts/make_min_web2py.py > > run it with > > cd web2py > python scripts/make_min_web2py.py ../minweb2py > cd .. > tar cvf minweb2py.tar minweb2py > ls -l minweb2py.tar > > It builds a minimal web2py in 1.6MB total uncompressed (446KB > compressed). (tar BEFORE you run it to measure size) > > It does NOT removes everything (for example does not delete the > memcache APIs, auth_methods, the pymysql driver) but does remove all > the apps, except for a minimalist welcome, rare handlers (like > modpythonhandler), and some contrib modules that either take no space > (populate, feedparser) or are rarely used (markdown but not markmin, > pyrtf, pyfpdf). > > Less than this would make no sense in my view. > > This fits in a 3 1/2 floppy disk (~1987) and leave you more than space > for your apps. > > Massimo > > P.S. Always run with -N for no cron and small memory footprint! > > On Aug 1, 5:28 pm, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Monday, August 1, 2011 6:06:11 PM UTC-4, Phyo Arkar wrote: > > > > As web2py grow bigger and bigger : > > > > - There are many many features which are not used, just sits around. > > > - If we dont want , have to remove them by hand from web2py > > > - If we just want to release a standalone application, web2py is already > > > too big > > > - if i want to strip down features i have to look into web2py code , > > > modifying , removing stuff , that will break things and every web2py > > > update > > > i have to redo that work. > > > > May be in Future , in backward-incompatible version of web2py(may be also > > > possible in this version) , shouldn't we separate web2py into separate > > > components > > > eg: > > > > Web2py-Core (Main web2py Rocket, MVC,Routing) > > > Web2py-DAL (DAL SPecific,auth,curd) > > > Web2py-Extras (Extra web2py Examples,scaffolding) > > > Web2py-Admin (Admin interface) > > > All of these things are already "modular" in the sense that you can get rid > > of any of them by simply deleting specific files or folders (i.e., you don't > > have to edit any code). Are you saying you just want an easier way to > > download/install exactly what you need without having to bother with any > > deleting? > > > Anthony
